was published In the spring of 2008, the collection "Limits of the legal space of freedom of the press (Russian disputes involving the media in the context of world practice)" (M.: RIO "New Justice", 2008. - 272 p.), prepared by ANO "Lawyers for Constitutional Rights and freedom" ("YURIKS").

On June 17, 2008, a criminal investigation was completed against a Nazi skinhead accused of two murders, a number of attempted murders and a series of arson attacks committed in the Pushkinsky district of the Moscow region. The prosecutor's office said that in the near future the case will be transferred to the Moscow Investigation Department to be combined with the case of the murder of a married couple from Uzbekistan.

On June 15, 2008, two men were detained in the Kuntsevo district of Moscow, who were photographed against the background of a flag with a swastika and a banner of the Russian Empire. Local residents reported to the police that two men hung a red flag with a white circle and a black swastika, as well as a banner with an imperial eagle, near the house 27/2 on Molodogvardeyskaya Street, on a drying site for clothes. They posed in front of the flags and took pictures of each other.

The police of the Cheremkhovo district of the Irkutsk region detained two vandals who broke 60 tombstones at the local cemetery. They were children 9 and 10 years old. They will not be punished, because. have not yet reached the age of criminal responsibility. The children were registered in the children's room of the police. Sources Cheremkhovo vandals destroyed 60 monuments // TVNZ. Irkutsk. 2008. June 17.

On June 14, the grave of a soldier Ravil Shakirov, who died in 1988, was desecrated at the Muslim cemetery in Lysva, Perm Territory. Unknown people destroyed the tombstone with a sledgehammer and removed all the metal decorations from the fence. "I am sure that this action was not specifically directed against Muslims or Islam, the vandals acted against peace and stability in the region," Rafael Timganov, head of the press service of the community of the Perm Cathedral Mosque, told IslamRF.ru.

Metropolitan Sergiy (Fomin) of Voronezh and Borisoglebsk, in an interview with the website of the Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, spoke about the activities of the Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the Moscow Patriarchate (OTsBSS), whose chairman is Vladyka. The department has existed since 1991. Since 2004, similar departments have existed in 84 dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church.

June 17, 2008 in Tobolsk (Tyumen region) a criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity) against a 17-year-old student of the Tobolsk Art School.

The parishioners of the church in the name of St. Archangel Raphael of the True Orthodox Church (TOC) addressed the leadership of the NTV television company with an open letter regarding the Russian Sensations program, which aired on May 24. One of the plots of this program was called "The Life and Price List of False Saints" and was dedicated to the temple of the Archangel Raphael. The journalist's comments aroused indignation among the parishioners of the TOC.

Mayor of Voronezh Sergey Koliukh signed a resolution "On approval of the draft boundaries of the land plot actually occupied by the historical and cultural monument of the 18th century - the Church of the Savior." According to the document, located on the street. Frunze, d. 22 the building of the temple with outbuildings is transferred to the use of the Voronezh diocese.

On June 4, 2008, the Kursk Oblast Duma submitted another amendment to the Federal Law "On Countering Extremist Activity" for consideration by the State Duma. The amendment proposes to amend the paragraph of Article 7 (“Issuing a warning to a public or religious association or other organization about the inadmissibility of carrying out extremist activities”), which lists the cases when a public organization can be liquidated or banned.

In mid-June 2008, the prosecutor of the city of Blagoveshchensk (Amur Region) filed an application with the court to recognize the materials of the newspaper Think Po-Russi as extremist. Art It should be reminded that in February 2008 a criminal case under Part 1 of . 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inciting hatred or enmity), and in May the case was transferred to the city court of Blagoveshchensk.